Duquesne vs BYU Picks and Prediction – 3/21/2024

The Duquesne Dukes will open the 2024 NCAA tournament Thursday in Nebraska with a matchup against BYU. Duquesne finished the regular season with 24 wins overall writing a long winning streak following a victory over VCU in the conference championship game. Defensively Duquesne did the work against VCU giving up just 51 points on 36.2% shooting. The Dukes also won the rebounding battle by 9 and 416 turnovers in the game. Offensively Duquesne had a ton of troubles making just 29% of their shots but knocked down 8 triples and 15 free throws to score 57 points in the game. For other college basketball action see our College Basketball Picks.

Dae Dae Grant has carried the Duquesne offense this season averaging 16.9 points per game. Jimmy Clark III orchestrates the Duquesne scoring averaging a second best 15.3 points and leads the way dishing out 3.9 assists. David Dixon is averaging 7.2 points and a team high 1.6 blocks, while big man Fousseyni Drame averages 6.8 points and a team high 5.5 rebounds.

The BYU Cougars come into the big dance as a six seed following a 23 win season that ended with a 14 point loss against Texas Tech. Offensively BYU was the 19th best team in the country this season averaging 81.85 points on 46.23% shooting from the floor. Defensively the Cougars held their own as well allowing just 69.91 points per game overall.

Jaxson Robinson led the way for BYU all year averaging 13.8 points per game overall. Fousseyni Traore averages 10.9 points and Trevin Knell averaged 10.9 points per game as well. Spencer Johnson averages 10.3 points and adds a team leading 6 rebounds overall. Dallin Hall averaged 9 points and a team high 5 assists per game.